The Sealed Nectar | Biography of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

`My uncle, profess that there is no true God but Allah, and I will bear testimony before Allah (of your being a believer).’’ Abu Jahl and `Abdullah bin Abi Umaiyah addressing him said: ``Abu Talib, would you abandon the religion of `Abdul-Muttalib?’’ Allah’s Messenger continued to request him, and the same thing was said to him (by Abu Jahl and `Abdullah bin Abi Umaiyah) -- until Abu Talib gave his final decision and stuck to the religion of `Abdul-Muttalib and refused to profess that there is no true God but Allah. Upon this Allah’s Messenger remarked:

`By Allah, I will persistently beg pardon for you till I am forbidden to do so (by Allah).’’ After that Allah, the Magnificent and Glorious revealed this Verse:

It is not (proper) for the Prophet (May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and those who believe to ask Allah’s forgiveness for the Mushrikun (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah) even though they be of kin, after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the Fire (because they died in a state of disbelief).’’ [9:113]

He is in a shallow fire, and had it not been for me, he would have been at the bottom of the (Hell) Fire.’’

``I hope that my intercession may avail him, and he be placed in a shallow fire that rises up only to his heels.’’

She believed in me while the people disbelieved in me. And she trusted in me while the people belied me. And she helped and comforted me, in person and wealth, when the people would not. Allah provided me with children by her, and He did not with others.’’

Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: `We believe’, and will not be tested.

`A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim; he neither oppresses him nor does he hand him over to an oppressor. Whoever fulfills a need of his brother, Allah will fulfill his need. Whoever brings a Muslim out of discomfort, Allah will bring him out of the discomforts of the Day of Resurrection. And whoever screens a Muslim, Allah will screen him on the Day of Resurrection.’’

`Show mercy to people on earth so that Allah will have mercy on you in heaven.’’

“To remove something harmful from the road, is charity, and it is a part from the parts of Faith.”

O Messenger of Allah! Proceed where Allah directs you to, for we are with you. We will not say as the Children of Israel said to Moses: `Go you and your Lord and fight and we will stay here;’ rather we shall say:

Go you and your Lord and fight and we will fight along with you.’

You said he orders the worship of Allah with no associates, observance of prayer, honesty, abstinence, and prohibition of paganism, if this is true, he will soon rule the place beneath my feet. I have already known that a Prophet would arise but it has never occurred to me that he will be an Arab from among you. If I was sure, I would be faithful to him; I might hope to meet him, and if I were with him, I would wash his feet.’ Heraclius then requested that the Prophet’s letter be read.

“This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.’’ [5:3]

“You will go back (after death) to your Lord and be resurrected. There you will be held accountable for your deeds. So, do not turn into people who go astray and kill one another.”

By Allah, I do not fear for you a return to polytheism after me, but I do fear that you will compete with each other in acquiring worldly riches.’’

Then he whispered to her something else which made her laugh. `Aishah(May Allah be Pleased with her) enquired from her after the Prophet’s death, as to this weeping and laughing, to which Fatimah(May Allah be Pleased with her) replied: ``The first time he disclosed to me that he would not recover from his illness and I wept. Then he told me that I would be the first of his family to join him, so I laughed.’’

He had sons and daughters with her. None of their sons lived for long. Their daughters were Zainab, Ruqaiyah, Umm Kulthum and Fatimah. Zainab was married to her maternal cousin Abul-’As bin Ar-Rabi’ prior to the Hijrah. Ruqaiyah and Umm Kulthum were successively married to `Uthman bin `Affan after the death of one sister. Fatimah(May Allah be Pleased with her) was married to `Ali bin Abi Talib (May Allah be Pleased with him) during the period between the battles of Badr and Uhud. The sons and daughters that Fatimah and `Ali (May Allah be Pleased with all of them) had were Al-Hasan, Al-Husain, Zainab and Umm Kulthum (May Allah be Pleased with all of them). It is well-known that the Prophet was authorized to have more than four wives for various reasons. The total number of wives that he married were thirteen. Nine of them were alive when he passed away. Two died in his lifetime: Khadijah(May Allah be Pleased with her) and the Mother of the poor (Ummul-Masakeen), Zainab bint Khuzaimah(May Allah be Pleased with her), besides two others with whom he did not consummate his marriage.

When he turned, he turned completely. The Seal of Prophethood was between his shoulders. He is the Last of the Prophets, the most generous and the bravest of all.

disliked something, we could read it on his face. He did not stare at anybody’s face. He would always cast his eyes down. He would look at the ground more than the sky. The most he would look at someone was by glancing. He was willingly and modestly obeyed by